Chapter 8 Lesson 2 Immigrants in America

1. Chapter 8Lesson 2 Immigrants in America

2. Objective 1 • I will be able to describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.

3. Objective 2 • I will be able to describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).

4. Objective 3 • Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America’s role in the world; include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal.

5. Objective 4 • Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

6. Vocabulary • Persecution: the unfair treatment or punishment of a group of people. • Ethnic Group: a group of people who share a culture or language. • Tenement: a poorly built apartment building.

7. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Arriving in America • Why did Immigrants come to America? • To make a better life for themselves. • Looking for work • Escape war • Escape persecution because of skin color, religion, or nationality • Political freedom

8. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Immigration Stations • Places were immigrants arrived before entering the country to be documented and checked for disease. • Ellis Island in New York. = European • Angle Island, Los Angles = Asian

9. Review? • Q: In what ways were Asian immigrants treated differently than immigrants from Europe? • A: They faced more prejudice, more of them were not allowed entry.

10. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Ellis Island

11. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

12. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

13. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

14. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

15. Angle Island Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

16. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

17. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

19. Main Idea: Many Immigrants moved to large cities and worked in factories. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Living in a New Country

20. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

22. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Main Idea: Many Immigrants moved to large cities and worked in factories. Immigrant Factory Jobs Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

28. Main Idea: Many Immigrants moved to large cities and worked in factories. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

29. Main Idea: Millions of immigrants to the USA in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Main Idea: Many Immigrants moved to large cities and worked in factories.

30. Laws Against Immigration • Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: act kept out all new Chinese immigrants. Later law limited other immigrants from entering USA.

31. Review? Q: What did immigrants do to help the United States grow? A: They faced more prejudice, more of them were not allowed entry.

32. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

33. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

34. Objective 4: Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Laws Against Immigration

35. Homework • Quiz tomorrow over power point. • Study your worksheet.